Kabaddi
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: The Real Question Isn't Who Lifts the Trophy
Sixty-Two Matches in Nine Days in Ahmedabad: The Real Question Sits on the Injury Table
The Armband in Sunil's Hand, the Flag in Pawan's: Kabaddi's Real Question Is Not on the Scoreboard
49-24: Where the Scoreline Reconciles but the Source Does Not
The Name That Fell Off the List: Ritu Negi, Himachal and Kabaddi's Quiet Ledger
31-17, 48-24 and a Missing League: The Numbers That Silence the Word 'Rout' in India vs Nepal
Kabaddi Champions League Expands to Ten Teams, but Its Sustainability Remains UnresolvedThe Kabaddi Champions League (CKL), a second-tier professional kabaddi...
A Small Haryana League Dressed as a 'Champions League' — Where Kabaddi's Real Economy Actually Stands6,400 registrations at the central trials in Sonipat. 650 in Rohtak. I first...
The Inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship: Why India's 'Strongest Squad' Narrative Deserves a Second LookWhen India's new generation of kabaddi players steps onto the mat at Veer...
Kabaddi: From Mud Courts to Broadcast — Mapping the Rules, Power Structure and Economics of a SportTo explain kabaddi in one line: it is a competitive version of the playground...
Kabaddi: Tactics Inside the Rules, the Global Balance, and the Media NarrativeIntroduction: a sport that punishes the assumption that it is simple Kabaddi...
The Price of an Empty Raid: In Kabaddi, Man-Minutes and Chain Geometry Decide Matches, Not PointsStanding beside the mat, I count only one thing: how many times a defender...
Four Golds, Four Different Finalists: The Women's Kabaddi Story the Medal Table Keeps BuryingLast time the women's kabaddi final from Hangzhou reached me at two in the...
Why Kabaddi's Data Sheet Reads Empty: A Field Reading of Extraction FailureIt was half past eleven at night at my Khulna desk. The raw material for a lo...
Third Match of the Day, First Cut on the Mat: In India vs Japan, the Real Question Is Pawan Sehrawat's KneeSeptember 21, morning. Inside the multi-sport hall the kabaddi mat has not...
The Silence Around the Armband: India's Real Question at the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship Is the FormatAt a kabaddi viewing in Delhi, I watched Surjeet Singh stand in his corner an...
The Battle Beyond the Field: Reality and Accountability in Sports JournalismSports journalism has long been confined to the circle of scores, results and...
What India's Commonwealth Kabaddi Captaincy Announcement Left Unsaid Is the Real StoryThe indoor hall at Delhi's Dwarka Sports Complex was in the middle of its las...
Day One's Points Table Is a Mirage: The 22.4-Point Margin Nobody Is Telling You About at the Commonwealth Kabaddi ChampionshipAhmedabad, Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, the last match of Day One. The...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: The Real Question Isn't Who Lifts the TrophyThirty seconds. That is the entire lifespan of a raid. The raider crosses int...
The Number Nobody Counts in the 30 Seconds of a Do-or-Die RaidThird Do-or-Die raid. The board read 26–28, thirty-first minute. The 30-secon...
Sixty-Two Matches in Nine Days in Ahmedabad: The Real Question Sits on the Injury TableOctober 21, 2026. The Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship has unveiled its...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship: The Questions Buried Behind India's Captaincy AnnouncementA short federation circular has been circulating on social media this past...
The Armband in Sunil's Hand, the Flag in Pawan's: Kabaddi's Real Question Is Not on the ScoreboardThe third match of the day. Eight kabaddi fixtures are packed into the openin...
The Raid That Never Returned: Ritu Negi's Exclusion and Himachal Pradesh's Unwritten Domicile TrapThe Empty Slot on the List Pushpa Rana. Jyoti Thakur. Bhawna Thakur. Three...
In Ahmedabad It Is Not India's 'Strongest Squad' but a Rested Gold Squad: The Real Question at Kabaddi's First Commonwealth ChampionshipBefore Ahmedabad, go back with me to the Khulna District Stadium in November...
Kabaddi Champions League Season 2: Haryana's Five Franchises Retain Ten Players Before the October 17 Auction — the Rs 19.2 Lakh Figure Is the Real StoryFor thirteen years I have kept one habit. When a match ends, I watch it again...
Devank's Price, Ashu's Name, and Haryana's Small League: Reading the Kabaddi Champions League Season 2 RetentionsTwo in the morning in Dhaka, laptop glow on my face, scrolling the feed — the...
India 37, Iran 34 — The Tactical Audit of a Kabaddi Final That Hasn't Been Played YetA scoreline landed on my phone this morning: India 37, Iran 34. The women's...